Mental Musings

Thanksgiving, a national day set aside to give thanks to God for His blessings on our country, came about because of the true historical accounts of the Pilgrim's celebrative meal shared after their survival as recorded by Governor Bradford of the Plymouth Plantation. I love history, unfortunately most of what they teach in schools today is false or in the least politically motivated. When I was in elementary school 40 years ago, we were taught that Thanksgiving was a celebration of how the Pilgrims working together were able to survive the harsh winter and successfully plant crops with the help of the Indians (now named Native Americans by the politically correct crowd). In fact, it was stressed that were it not for the collectivism of the Pilgrims and the knowledge of farming that the Indians shared with them, the Pilgrims would have perished. This might have been a nice, feel-good story, and it may have fit in well with the liberal theology that has been f...

As those who follow me on Twitter or Facebook may know, I recently spent five days in New York City as part of the American Festival Choir's trip to perform in Carnegie Hall . The trip was organized by Phil Barfoot's Celebration Concert Tours (CCT). I would highly recommend them for any concert tours as they did an incredible job organizing every aspect and they desired to make a positive and lasting Christian impact on New York. The concert included performances by Christian recording artist David Phelps and syndicated radio host and singer Marcia Ware . With 360 singers in the American Festival Choir we were the largest choral group to ever sing in Carnegie Hall. The choir consisted of 145 sopranos, 115 altos, 60 tenors and 40 basses, from thirteen churches from ten states including California, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Maryland, Oklahoma, and New York. The concert was a fund raiser to provide support for after school care program held at a Brooklyn chur...

Just a quick post to share a concern. It seems that the more the politically correct people of the world preach tolerance and acceptance, the more they become hateful and disrespectful toward opposing views. It amazes me that the very people who say that we must accept others for who they are will not accept conservatives for who they are. Jan Morgan , a conservative news commentator, recently posted this on her facebook wall in response to a barrage of nasty comments and threats: I will not tolerate people on my wall disrespecting me by calling me names and I will not allow people to come on my walls and state something as fact when I know the information is erroneous.  This wall is NOT A debate forum. It is my wall. IT IS TO BE RESPECTED AS IF YOU WERE A GUEST IN MY HOME.. and I retain the right to determine who will be my guests. I think it is some good advice. Learn to treat others with respect even on facebook. Treat their wall as if it is their home and you are a gu...